Eric Robinson, a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, notices something that caught our attention Sunday — but unlike us, he sees the significance:

The name on her black memorial bracelet — one, like the gold star, a demonstration of a friend or associate who was killed in action — is that of her oldest son, Track. Track served honorably in Iraq, and both he and his parents should be thanked for his selfless service to his country. He is also alive.

Commemorating Track’s service by wearing a a black memorial bracelet which is reserved for those dead or even a red bracelet for those missing in action, demonstrates a horrifying contempt for those who gave their last full measure of devotion or an almost unbelievable ignorance of the importance of symbols in American history.

Horrifying contempt? Unbelievable ignorance? Sarah Palin? Say it ain’t so!

Palin’s bigger blunder [Yale Daily News, via Political Wire]

Update: Looks like the light caught the bracelet wrong — it’s copper.

Okay, our headline’s getting ahead of the story, but that 7 percent ownership of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp by a Saudi prince has not passed without notice:

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Former Republican House Majority Leader and teabagging auteur Dick Armey is outraged that the New York Times would suggest that he’s endorsing the senatorial re-election of the 2008 GOP presidential candidate:

The New York Times reported recently that FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey has endorsed Sen. John McCain in the GOP primary in Arizona. This is not the case, although this story has been picked up and repeated by countless media personalities and reporters around the country.

This seems to be a good case study in how false information can make its way around the internet and the airwaves before it can be corrected. But we wanted to post a quick statement for all of you who have asked us about this.

False information’s a bitch. Especially when it’s based on true information:

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Would you spend $549 to hear Sarah Palin speak? No? Well, how about $19?

She also focused heavily on her trademark lines as a crutch. During one incredulous example of a way to get motivated describing a bed time fairy tale she told to her daughter: “Last night Piper asked me to tell her a bedtime story and I said ‘YOU BETCHA,’ let me tell you about two brothers named Abel and Cain…”

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After our new Postmodern Overlords dropped one in Minnesota, the next was deposited north of Kansas City.

Now please, don’t go buying a “Who is John Galt?” billboard and spoil the fun.

Tweety seems to get it. The video cuts off before Halperin says anything, but I’m sure whatever he said, it was stupid.

Remember Ronald Reagan’s Eleventh Commandment? Don’t worry, neither do Republicans:

DEMINT: Well, I’m not going to get involved with this race in Arizona. And if John McCain goes with this health care bill, I’ll be his biggest opponent and I think he knows that. But I don’t know that he’s going to do that. But what we’re trying to do is get some new senators from around this country who will stand with us on these key issues.

BECK: This is great news to me. So you are not endorsing him or helping him in Arizona?

DEMINT: No I’m not. I’m not getting involved with — I know J.D. well, and they can have their own race.

This wouldn’t have anything to do with SC teabaggers miscegenating with Republicans, would it? How much longer before Sarah Palin takes back her endorsement of Psychogeezer over teabagger favorite J.D. Hayworth? Maybe Sheriff Joe knows something.

DeMint Appeases Beck On McCain, Threatens To Be His ‘Biggest Opponent’ [ThinkProgress]